Dav
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Oh, the irony....
Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003 - On Politics: Covering the US Congress, Governors, and the 2010 Election - USATODAY.com
The district is Republican enough that Scott will almost certainly win, making him the first black Republican in Congress in about eight years. If just two of the thirty or so others who are running win, there'll be three black Republican Congressman for as far as I can tell the first time ever. I know Allen West at very least has a good chance of making it.
More from the SC GOP primary runoff: Nikki Haley won the nomination for governor; she being Indian-American, this is a good night for diversity in South Carolina, which isn't exactly known as being a particularly diversity-embracing place. Also, Bob Inglis became the fourth Congressman this year (if my count is right) to get ousted in a primary; he didn't even get 30% of the vote.
Tim Scott wins nomination to become first black Republican congressman since 2003 - On Politics: Covering the US Congress, Governors, and the 2010 Election - USATODAY.com
It was a victory for conservative Republican insurgents and a sign of the changing of the guard in the South: Scott, a member of the South Carolina state House, defeated Paul Thurmond, son of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, who retired from the Senate at age 100 in 2003. Thurmond ran for president in 1948 on a segregationist platform.
The district is Republican enough that Scott will almost certainly win, making him the first black Republican in Congress in about eight years. If just two of the thirty or so others who are running win, there'll be three black Republican Congressman for as far as I can tell the first time ever. I know Allen West at very least has a good chance of making it.
More from the SC GOP primary runoff: Nikki Haley won the nomination for governor; she being Indian-American, this is a good night for diversity in South Carolina, which isn't exactly known as being a particularly diversity-embracing place. Also, Bob Inglis became the fourth Congressman this year (if my count is right) to get ousted in a primary; he didn't even get 30% of the vote.